Troops question Afghans captured in weapons raid

Eight Afghans were today being questioned by international troops after British Royal Marines raided a compound in south-eastern Afghanistan and seized a huge stash of weapons which may have been left by al Qaida and Taliban fighters.

The arsenal rooms stacked high with hundreds of mortars, rockets and heavy weapons - was among the largest found by international troops who have been searching for weeks in Afghanistan’s border region with Pakistan. Few al Qaida or Taliban fighters have been found, but several stores of weapons have been uncovered.